So I took my rear wheel down to Kline Suzuki to get the rear tire swapped out. I get back and they have it done, but they scraped the paint right where tire and the rim meet(and by scraped I mean its bare metal now). I was pretty pissed about that, and I got home and found a ding in the rim too. Friggin Bastards...and the worst thing of all they told me that it is pretty typical to scrape the side of the rim and is inevetible.
Is this true, because it sounds like a bunch of bs.
Anyways, any one know of a close color for the gunmetal colored wheels that I can buy at an auto parts store. I am going to touch up the ding.
Here are some pics, I already touched up the ding with some black paint
(http://www.tc.umn.edu/~coll0412/bike/IMG_1804.jpg)
(http://www.tc.umn.edu/~coll0412/bike/IMG_1808.jpg)
Thats doesnt sound right, I think they are trying to cover their tracks. :bs:
They sound like ass-heads... But, I've heard it's pretty tough to put a tire on without scratching the wheel... Who knows.
Be careful when you're scrubbing that sucker in!
Note to self: don't use Kline Suzuki...
I haven't had any dings or scrapes in the three tires I've had mounted at two different shops.
If its a real dealership they should have a pnuematic (spelling?) tire changer.
And if that is the case then they are usually designed to not even touch the rim. But if they are using an older machine or a manual machine then they just f-ed up.
I would be pissed. :2guns:
It is very difficult not to scratch the rims if the person is changing tires manually, Without using plastic rim protectors, or the aforementioned machine. Now, the edge of the rim (2nd pic) should not look like that at all. I've never scratched, or been able to scratch, a rim like that, when changing tires. It looks more like someone dragged it across a concrete floor. A tire iron wouldn't even do that, much less a tire.
my local stealership wanted 25 to put my tire on, thats with me taking in the rim, so i took mine to a regualar tire shop an they had to literally slam the tire onto it. of course mine scuffed a bit, an removed some paint, but i paid 3.50 to have it done. so the $3 can of paint an a lil bit of my time still saved me 20